WORLD 5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

WORLD

5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued

Xinhua

18:26, December 11, 2019

TOKYO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

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(File photo: CGTN)

The temblor occurred at 6:39 p.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 37.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141.9 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km.
The quake logged 3 in some parts of Fukushima Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7.
So far no tsunami warning has been issued.

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